Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes says he's not paying attention to the suggestion that the club should trade him.

The Paul Skenes trade talk has gotten so out of control that the Pittsburgh Pirates star was even forced to address it after Friday's 6-5 win over the Milwaukee Brewers.

Skenes has been pitching to the exquisite tune of a 2.36 ERA through 11 starts so far, yet he's also part of an offensively weak Pirates team that ranks last in the league with 157 runs. The Pirates (18-34) are currently down in the weeds hanging around a Colorado Rockies team that is off to the league's worst 50-game start in over a century.